The only way she'll be able to sell copies that don't have Harry Potter on them is to ramp up the sensationalism. The publisher seems to know this already, as people who want to review the book have to go to the publisher's office, sign contracts, not take any notes, and can only divulge vague details.

/like an actor, she's been typecast//it will require her to tilt far in the other direction to get noticed

whizbangthedirtfarmer:The only way she'll be able to sell copies that don't have Harry Potter on them is to ramp up the sensationalism. The publisher seems to know this already, as people who want to review the book have to go to the publisher's office, sign contracts, not take any notes, and can only divulge vague details.

/like an actor, she's been typecast//it will require her to tilt far in the other direction to get noticed

Yeah she either has to go one writing books for kids or just go full bore into the adult world.

whizbangthedirtfarmer:The only way she'll be able to sell copies that don't have Harry Potter on them is to ramp up the sensationalism. The publisher seems to know this already, as people who want to review the book have to go to the publisher's office, sign contracts, not take any notes, and can only divulge vague details.

/like an actor, she's been typecast//it will require her to tilt far in the other direction to get noticed

That's the impression I'm getting. It's kind of like the way teen pop stars feel they have to "sex" themselves up to appear "adult".

It's not like she doesn't have adult fans that would have bought the book no matter what. So she's, as I've long suspected, either completely out of touch with reality, or she's just trolling.

Six_By_Nine:It's not like she doesn't have adult fans that would have bought the book no matter what. So she's, as I've long suspected, either completely out of touch with reality, or she's just trolling.

I'll play devil's advocate here. Prior to her Harry Potter success she had a pretty rough life. Perhaps she has some artistic demons to... I was going to make a pithy Potter reference here with that silver stag thing but I'll end it with 'exorcise' like normal people do.

I can understand wanting to continue writting, because she has a passion.

But, well, meh. She had an audience for the novels. This, despite her name, probably doesn't. She's not King, people aren't going to buy just anything with her name slapped on it.

Well, they will. But probably not in the rates the publisher hopes.

General rule: the more 'secret' the publisher is (about anything) the more pure shiat it's going to be. The only way they could scream 'don't buy this, ever' is if they didn't allow reviews at all and just cold-dropped.

Huck Chaser:I really think she should release the 7th book in the Harry Potter series before she gets involved with side projects.

/no, it hasn't been released yet - that miserable failure of a 7th book was obviously some sort of cruel, cruel joke, and the real 7th book will be coming out soon

I felt the same about the sixth book, but really when you read them all together it is surprising how well she ties up all the loose ends.

When you think about it it is rare that the last book for such a popular series can be anything but a massive disappointment. Most trilogies stumble in the closing act, but she wrote a septilogy (if that is a real word) and made every book in it work as a part of the whole. That is an impressive feat.

darklingscribe:Huck Chaser: I really think she should release the 7th book in the Harry Potter series before she gets involved with side projects.

/no, it hasn't been released yet - that miserable failure of a 7th book was obviously some sort of cruel, cruel joke, and the real 7th book will be coming out soon

I felt the same about the sixth book, but really when you read them all together it is surprising how well she ties up all the loose ends.

When you think about it it is rare that the last book for such a popular series can be anything but a massive disappointment. Most trilogies stumble in the closing act, but she wrote a septilogy (if that is a real word) and made every book in it work as a part of the whole. That is an impressive feat.

Funnily enough, book 6 was by far my favorite of the series. The problems I had with book 7 were (and these are by no means original or unique to me) that a good chunk of the book was angsty teenagers sitting in a tent while much more interesting things happened "off screen," and the brutal and inexcusable deus ex machina in the climax. It is, without a doubt, the worst book I've ever finished.

darklingscribe:Huck Chaser: I really think she should release the 7th book in the Harry Potter series before she gets involved with side projects.

/no, it hasn't been released yet - that miserable failure of a 7th book was obviously some sort of cruel, cruel joke, and the real 7th book will be coming out soon

I felt the same about the sixth book, but really when you read them all together it is surprising how well she ties up all the loose ends.

When you think about it it is rare that the last book for such a popular series can be anything but a massive disappointment. Most trilogies stumble in the closing act, but she wrote a septilogy (if that is a real word) and made every book in it work as a part of the whole. That is an impressive feat.

The sixth book was as necessary as The Phantom Menace was to the original Star Wars trilogy. It was nothing but Degrassi Junior High angst and an ongoing plot that could have been cut down to two pages and the final mission with Dumbledore. And the seventh book?

Huck Chaser:a good chunk of the book was angsty teenagers sitting in a tent while much more interesting things happened "off screen," and the brutal and inexcusable deus ex machina in the climax.

Huck Chaser:Funnily enough, book 6 was by far my favorite of the series. The problems I had with book 7 were (and these are by no means original or unique to me) that a good chunk of the book was angsty teenagers sitting in a tent while much more interesting things happened "off screen," and the brutal and inexcusable deus ex machina in the climax. It is, without a doubt, the worst book I've ever finished.